Pope Francis

Tuesday, 24 December 2013

Mumbai
(AsiaNews): The President of the Bishops Conference and Archbishop of
Bombay Cardinal Oswald Gracias, offered prayers to the Lord "to grant
the Holy Father health, wisdom and grace , to continue to lead the
Church and be an inspiration to us all." This week he will celebrate a
Mass in the house of Mumbai for abandoned children, opened by the
founder of the Missionaries of Charity.

Cardinal Oswald is one of the eight cardinals chosen by the Pope
as advisors on Curia reforms. "What Pope Francis says – the Cardinal
said - is an echo of the life, work and message of Mother Teresa. He is
satiating the thirst for Christ, and I am sure the Mother from Heaven is
smiling, and together with the Indian Church wish him a happy
birthday".

Today Cardinal Gracias will recite a prayer with all the priests of
the diocese. This week he will visit Asha Daan ( "Gift of Hope" ) , the
home founded by Mother Teresa in Mumbai for abandoned children. Here he
will preside over a special Mass in honour of the Pope. Today the home
houses 75 children - cared for by the Missionaries of Charity - along
with over 400 men and women dying and ill with HIV. Finally, on December
21 also at Shanti Avedna Sadan , India's first hospice for the
terminally ill , a special ceremony for the Pope's birthday will be
celebrated.

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